In my memories of Istanbul, the place is bustling in that chaotic way I've come to know and love from cities like New York, Bangkok, and Saigon. However, upon arriving here, the streets felt emptier and quieter than I remembered. That is, until I took a ferry to the Asian side of Istanbul, to a neighborhood called Kadiköy. There the docks and roads were overflowing with people and shouting. There was the Istanbul I remembered.